Why are Micra drivers so slow ?
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I had an Aunt who owned a Micra. An automatic one.
She only passed her test after she retired, and never really got the grasp of the concept of speed.
This had the opposite effect to that you would imagine - she drove far too fast everywhere, with lead feet on the pedals. Pretty scary watching her bowl along the high street barely in control with people scattering to get out of her way...
Gone now. Bless her..
She only passed her test after she retired, and never really got the grasp of the concept of speed.
This had the opposite effect to that you would imagine - she drove far too fast everywhere, with lead feet on the pedals. Pretty scary watching her bowl along the high street barely in control with people scattering to get out of her way...
Gone now. Bless her..
Probably something to do with the drivers' knowledge of speed limits. Like that guy a few weeks ago, "an open country road must be a 40 limit". That's why they flash you like mad when you overtake at 60.
Why are they called Micras anyway? While the original was quite small, the latest ones are massive. Perhaps it's a trick name to get short-sighted old people to think they're buying a small car
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Why are they called Micras anyway? While the original was quite small, the latest ones are massive. Perhaps it's a trick name to get short-sighted old people to think they're buying a small car
.When i had a Micra, I drove it like I hated it (which I did), but it was surprisingly good fun - ok it was a so called "Sport" model with a 1.4 engine, so it wasnt that quick, but it weighed as much as a crisp packet and it was fun bouncing it off the rev limiter in 1st 2nd and 3rd everywhere I went. Credit to it, it survived 40,000 miles of being cruelly abused from cold every single day 
miniandy said:
Wait till Ben wakes up!!
Good morning world!!!
Student wake up time has nicely appeared! Hugh1 said:
V15_Ben has a micra, though strictly speaking its his Mum's (I think!).
Yep I do indeed have that awesome feat of sports and performance engineering from the Far Eastern lands of automotive legend. Although I do most of the driving of said beast, the insurance is paid for by my wonderful parents, God Bless them!
ledfoot said:
I doubt anyone here will admit to driving a Micra....
ledfoot said:
I am sure the Micra is capable of breaking all UK speed limits, but why do they always drive well under any speed limit ?
Well all apart from my good self that is! I aim to break the speed limit on NSL roads and explore the outer limits of the chassis of this pinnacle of car design!
puggit said:
I may have once completed Leeds to Rickmansworth in 2.15hrs in an old shaped J reg 1.2 Micra...
This is the kind of micra driver I want to introduce to you guys. We may be the only 2 Micra F1 speed freaks on the planet. Incidentally I once made Leeds to Nottingham (75 miles) in a whisker over 45 minutes.
I would finally like to turn your attention to my favourite phrase of recent times from a guy who had a micra as a courtesy car:
My signature on tyresmoke.net said:
”I’d rather be seen getting out of the back of a sheep than a micra.”
I will also point you towards the website of our noble faith!
www.micra.com.au/
Please visit soon!
YOURS FAITHFULLY, V15BEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE MICRA SPEED FREAKS ASSOCIATION, UK BRANCH. – KEEP THE FAITH.
>> Edited by v15ben on Saturday 5th March 13:17
having owned a micra 1.3 16v ages ago (please don't laugh it was my first non-rustbucket car and cost me a year's uni grant!) i can remember being outhandled even by articulated lorries. also the 1.0 litre version didnt have anti-roll bars so it must have swayed like a pissed tw*t. the new model seems quite Clio-like in its dynamic abiities so i guess Renault have injected some va-va-voom into the Micra.
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